Cloze: Fill in the blanks, into each of which ONLY ONE WORD can be added. When doing this, please remember one thing that you should use the RIGHT FORM of the WORD. You are asked to finish this part within 12 minutes. D It was very late at night on the eve of Memorial Day. A nice-looking white lady got on the subway train (1)______a baby on her right arm and two children after her. I saw her preparing to get off at the next station — which happened to be the place (2)_______I had to get off. I could see the steep concrete stairs going up into the street. Should I offer my help (3)______the American white man had done? But how could I, a Negro, approach this white lady (4)______very likely might be prejudiced against Negroes? What would she say? What would be the first reaction of this white lady? What would I do if she screamed (5)_______I went toward her to offer my help? Was I misjudging her? So much is written every day in the daily press against Negroes. I hesitated for a long, long time. The traditional good manners were struggling (6)_______me. Here I was, hours past midnight, face-to-face with a situation (7) ______could very well become an incident of prejudice caused by the unjust policy of our society today. It was a long time. I passed on by her as (8)______I saw nothing. As if I didn’t see (9)_____ she needed help. I just moved on, half running, leaving the children and the woman (10)_______.